Franz Bopp

Franz Bopp
Born(1791-09-14)14 September 1791
Mainz, Electorate of Mainz
Died23 October 1867(1867-10-23) (aged 76)
Berlin, Province of Brandenburg
SchoolRomantic linguistics[1]
InstitutionsUniversity of Berlin
Notable studentsWilhelm Dilthey
Main interests
Linguistics
Notable ideas
Comparative linguistics
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Franz Bopp (German: [ˈfʁants ˈbɔp]; 14 September 1791 – 23 October 1867)[a] was a German linguist known for extensive and pioneering comparative work on Indo-European languages.

  1. ^ Angela Esterhammer (ed.), Romantic Poetry, Volume 7, John Benjamins Publishing, 2002, p. 491.
  2. ^ Hadumod Bussmann, Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics, Routledge, 1996, p. 85.
  3. ^ Baynes 1878, p. 49.


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